That facility is the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC), formerly the Behavioral Research Institute.

FORBES: Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official

An example comes from a study (abstract only) led by JRC collaborator P.

FORBES: Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official

However, since that approval, the JRC team has jacked up the voltage on them.

FORBES: Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official

Mendez expresses concern in his report (p. 84) that if Massachusetts becomes too hot to hold the JRC, the center might simply relocate again, and he urges action at the federal level to end the use of such aversives nationwide.

FORBES: Autism Shock Therapy Practiced In US Is Torture, Says UN Official

But the JRC is the reality.

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Checking odometers in reporters' cars against expense reports, running front-page ads and compelling publishers to promptly send weekly financial reports so Jelenic can scan for the odd indulgence are traditions at Journal Register (nyse: JRC - news - people).

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